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Article: Refurbished computers teach new skills.(Magazine)
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- The Boston Herald
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- October 21, 2001
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The prisoners at MCI-Shirley Medium Security Prison are logging onto computer skills, thanks to the Computers for Schools Association.
Through 10-year-old national program, outdated Pentium processors are refurbished and the computers donated to schools in need. Prisoners, who are mostly white-collar criminals, receive treaining in electronics and learn everything from testing, assembly, quality control and repairing circuit boards. They can even earn A+ certification, which may help them find jobs after they're released.
"The program was designed to put computers into the public school system, but it works both ways," said Brian Flynn, coordinator of ...